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Pilgrim's Progress 



5 PREFACE 

More than 200 years ago a poor tinker, called John Bunyan, was 

clapped into jail, in Bedford, because he thought it was his duty to talk 

to his friends and neighbors about God. He tried to persuade men to be 

good, to love God, and never to do anything wrong. But he did not go 

1 to Church. He was a Baptist, and he had never had a bishop's hands laid 

£- on his head; neither had any one but God told him to preach. So he was 

'" put in prison by men who believed that to them alone had been given any 

right to teach, and to preach, and to persuade people to be good. If he 

had never tried to make men good, they would never have put him in jail, 

I for one of the worst things in the world is the dislike many good men have 

to any one doing good but themselves. 

Well, when poor John Bunyan was in prison, he wrote a little book, 
called ''The Pilgrim's Progress," part of which is printed here for you 
to read; and this poor tinker's prison book has been more read and praised 
and prized all over the world than all the books which all the great and 
powerful people who imprisoned him were able to write. Their very names 
are forgotten; only their foolish, wicked blunder is remembered. But John 
Bunyan 's simple story is being read by millions in all languages under 
heaven this very day. It is one of the few books in the world that are read 
by everybody, rich and poor, learned and simple; after the Bible, it is the 
most widely-circulated book in the whole world. 

You will, I hope, read it and love it as others have done; and if you 
really enter into it, and understand it, you will find it will help you all 
your life through. For in this simple story there is written the story of 
the life which you will have to live if you are to make anything out of 
your life. The pilgrim whose adventures John Bunyan tells is you, as it is 
also your father and your sister, for it is a tale of the life of us all. 
We are, of course, all of us, pilgrims journeying across the land that lies 
between the cradle and the grave, but it is not of that pilgrimage that 
Bunyan vrrites. For that pilgrimage is made even by those who dwell in 
the City of Destruction, and by those whose only end in life is to eat and 
to drink and to play and amuse themselves. 

The pilgrim in this story is the man or woman or boy or girl who 
wakes up to see that to live only to please himself is bad, and can only 
lead to destruction. That is true, as all of you will find out some day. 
When you find it out, you will set about trying to do better; and when 
you discover that it is by giving up your own way and sacrificing yourself, 
your time, your money, your all, if need arises, in order to help others, 
and you begin to do it, you have passed the wicket-gate and have begun the 
pilgrimage that leads you on and on till you reach the Celestial Eegions. 
You will have adventures like Christian, Giant Despair will belabor you 
with his club ; lions will roar at you as you toil up the hill Difficulty ; and 
the enemy of all good, Apollyon, will attack you with many fiery darts. 
You will meet men like Pliable and Hopeful. You will be tempted into 
Bypath Meadows, and you will have to pass resolutely through Vanity 
Fair. And as you have to do the same things, and meet the same people, 
and overcome the same dangers, and attain to the same reward, you will 
find this story of a pilgrim, who made the journey before you, as helpful 
as it is interesting. 

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OR, JOHN BUNYAN'S DREAM. 




As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I 
lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me 
down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept I dreamed a 
dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw a man clothed with 
rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own 
house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. 
I looked, and saw him open the book, and read therein; and 
as he read, he wept and trembled; and not being able longer 
to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying. What 
must I do to be saved? 



* Bedford Jail, in which the author was a prisoner for conscience* sake. 

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I looked then, and saw a man named Evangelist coming 
to him, who asked, Wherefore dost thou cry? 

He answered, Sir, I perceive, by the book in my hand, 
that I must die, and come to judgment; and I find that I 
am not willing to do the first, nor able to do the second. 

Then said Evangelist, Why not willing to die, since this 
life is attended with so many evils? The man ansAvered, Be- 
cause I fear that this burden that is upon my back will sink 
me lower than the grave, and I shall fall into Tophet. And, 
Sir, if I be not fit to go to prison, I am not fit to go to judg- 
ment; and the thoughts of these things make me cry. 

Then said Evangelist, If this be thy condition, why 
standest thou still? He answered. Because I know not whither 
to go. Then he gave him a parchment roll, and there was 
written within, ''Flee from the wrath to come.'' 

The man therefore read it, and, looking upon Evangelist 
very carefully, said, Whither must I fly? Then said Evan- 



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gelist (pointing with his finger over a very wide field), Do 
you see yonder wicket-gate? The man said, No. Then said 
the other, Do you see yonder shining light? He said, I think 
I do. Then said Evangelist, Keep that light in your eye, and 
go up directly thereto, so shalt thou see the gate; at which, 
when thou knockest, it shall be told thee what thou shalt do. 
So I saw it in my dream that the man began to run. Now 
he had not run far from his own door, when his wife and 
children, perceiving it, began to cry after him to return; but 
the man ran on, crying, Life! life! eternal life! So he looked 
not behind him, but fled toward the middle of the plain. 

The neighbors also came out to see him run, and as he 
ran some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him 
to return; and amongst those that did so there were two that 
resolved to fetch him back by force. The name of the one was 
Obstinate, and the name of the other Pliable. Now by this 
time the man was got a good distance from them; but, how- 




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ever, they were resolved to pursue him, which they did, and in 
a little time they overtook him. Then said the man. Neighbors, 
wherefore are ye come ? They said, To persuade you to go back 
with us. But he said, That can by no means be: you dwell, 
said he, in the City of Destruction, the place also where I was 
bom: I see it to be so; and dying there, sooner or later you 
will sink lower than the grave ; be content, good neighbors, and 
go along with me ! 

What! said Obstinate, and leave our friends and our com- 
forts behind us! 

Yes, said Christian (for that was his name), because that 
all is not worthy to be compared with a little of that I am seek- 
ing to enjoy; and if you will go along with me, and hold it, 
you shall fare as I myself ; for there, where I go, is enough and 
to spare. Come away, and prove my words. 

What are the things you seek, since you leave all the world 
to find them? 



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I seek an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that 
fadeth not away; and it is laid up in heaven. Read it so, if 
you will, in my book. 

Tush! said Obstinate, away with your book; will you go 
back with us or no? 

No, not I, said Christian, because I have laid my hand to 
the plough. 

Come then, neighbor Pliable, let us turn again, and go 
home without him: there is a company of these crazy-headed 
coxcombs, that when they take a fancy by the end, are wiser in 
their own eyes than seven men that can render a reason. 

Then said Pliable, Don't revile; if what the good Chris- 
tian says is true, the things he looks after are better than ours: 
my heart inclines me to go with my neighbor. Come, good 
neighbor Christian, let us be going. Then they went both to- 
gether. 







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And I will go back to my place, said Obstinate: I will be 
no companion of such misled, fantastical fellows. 

Now I saw in my dream, that when Obstinate was gone back, 
Christian and Pliable went talking over the plain, and I saw, 
that just as they had ended their discourse, they drew nigh to 
a very miry slough, that was in the midst of the plain; and 
they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog. The 
name of the slough was Despond. Here, therefore, they wal- 
lowed for a time, being grievously bedaubed with the dirt : and 
Christian, because of the burden that was on his back, began to 
sink in the mire. 

Then said Pliable, Ah, neighbor Christian, where are you 
now? 

Truly, said Christian, I do not know. 

At this Pliable began to be offended, and angrily said to 
his fellow. Is this the happiness you have told me all this while 
of ? If we have such ill speed at our first setting out, what may 



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we expect between this and our journey's end^ May I get out 
again with my life, you shall possess the brave country alone for 
me! And with that he gave a desperate struggle or two, and 
got out of the mire on that side of the slough which was next 
to his own house: so away he went, and Christian saw him no 
more. 

Wherefore, Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of 
Despond alone ; but still he endeavored to struggle to that side 
of the slough that was farthest from his own house, and next to 
the wicket gate; the which he did, but could not get out be- 
cause of the burden that was upon his back: but I beheld in 
my dream, that a man came to him, whose name was Help, and 
asked him, What he did there? 

Sir, said Christian, I was bid to go this way by a man 
called Evangelist, who directed me also to yonder gate, that 
I might escape the wrath to come. And as I was going thither, 
I fell in here. 



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But why did not you look for the steps? asked Help. 

Fear followed me so hard that I fled the next way, and 
fell in, said Christian. 

Then said he, Give me thine hand: so he gave him his 
hand, and he drew him out, and set him upon sound ground, 
and bid him go on his way. 

Then he went on till he came to the house of the Inter- 
preter, where he Imocked, as he had been directed to do. At 
last one came to the door, and asked who was there. 

Sir, here is a traveler, who would speak with the master 
of the house. 

The master of the house, after a little time, came to Chris- 
tian, and asked him what he would have. 

Sir, said Christian, I am a man that am come from the 
City of Destruction, and am going to Mount Zion; and I was 



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told that if I called here you would show me excellent things, 
such as would be helpful to me on my journey. 

Then said the Interpreter, Come in ; I will show thee that 
which will be profitable to thee. So he commanded his man 
to light the candle, and bid Christian follow him. 

I saw moreover in my dream, that the Interpreter took him 
by the hand, and led him into a little room, where sat two 
little children, each one in his chair. The name of the eldest 
was Passion, and the name of the other Patience. Passion 
seemed to be much discontented, but Patience was very quiet. 
Then Christian asked, What is the reason of the discontent of 
Passion? The Interpreter answered. The governor of them 
would have him stay for his best things till the beginning of 
next year; but he will have all now; while Patience is willing 
to wait. 

Then I saw that one came to Passion, and brought him a 
bag of treasure, and poured it down at his feet; the which he 




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took up and rejoiced therein, and withal laughed Patience to 
scorn. But I beheld but a while, and he had lavished all away, 
and had nothing left him but rags. 

Then said Christian to the Interpreter, Expound this mat- 
ter more fully to me. 

So he said, These two lads are figures; Passion of the men 
of this world, and Patience of the men of that which is to 
come; for as here thou seest, Passion will have all now, this 
year, that is to say, in this world ; so are the men of this world, 
they must have all their good things now ; they cannot stay til] 
the next year, that is, until the next world, for their portion 
of good. That proverb, '*A bird in the hand is worth two in 
the bush," is of more authority Avith them, than are all the 
Divine testimonies of the good of the world to come. But as 
thou sawest that he had quickly lavished all away, and had pres- 
ently left him nothing but rags, so will it be with all such men 
at the end of this world. 



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Then said Christian, Now I see that Patience has the best 
wisdom, and that upon many accounts. 1. Because he stays for 
the best things. 2. And also because he will have the glory of 
his, when the other has nothing but rags. 

Nay, you may add another, said the Interpreter, to wit, 
the glory of the next world will never wear out; but these are 
suddenly gone. Therefore Passion had not so much reason to 
laugh at Patience, because he had his good things first, as Pa- 
tience will have to laugh at Passion, because he had his best 
things last. 

Then I perceive it is not best to covet things that are now, 
but to wait for things to come. 

You say truth: for the things that are seen are temporal, 
but the things that are not seen are eternal. 

Now said Christian, Let me go hence. Nay, stay, said the 
Interpreter, until I have showed thee a little more, and after 
that thou shalt go thy way. So he took him by the hand again. 




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and led him into a very dark room, where there sat a man in 
an iron cage. 

Now the man, to look on, seemed very sad ; he sat with his 
eyes looking down to the ground, his hands folded together, and 
he sighed as if he would break his heart. Then said Christian, 
What means this? At which the Interpreter bid him talk with 
the man. 

Then said Christian to the man, What art thou? The man 
answered, I am what I was not once 

What wast thou once? 

The man said, I was once a fair and flourishing professor, 
both in mine own eyes, and also in the eyes of others: I was 
once, as I thought, fair for the Celestial City, and had even joy 
at the thoughts that I should get thither. 

Well, but what art thou now? asked Christian. 

I am now a man of despair, and am shut up in it, as in 
this iron cage. I cannot get out. Oh, now I cannot! 



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But how earnest thou into this condition? 

I left off to watch and be sober, said the man; I sinned 
against the light of the word, and the goodness of God; I have 
grieved the Spirit; and have so hardened my heart that I can- 
not repent. 

For what did you bring yourself in this condition? asked 
Christian. 

For the lusts, pleasures and profits of this world; in the 
enjoyment of which I did then promise myself much delight: 
but now every one of those things also bites me, and gnaws me, 
like a burning worm. 

Then said the Interpreter to Christian, Let this man's 
misery be remembered by thee, and be an everlasting caution to 
thee. 

Well, said Christian, this is fearful! God help me to 
watch and be sober, and to pray that I may shun the cause of 




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this man's misery. Sir, is it not time for me to go on my way 
now? 

Well, said the Interpreter, keep all things so in thy mind, 
that they may be as a goad in thy sides, to prick thee forward 
in the way thou must go. Then Christian began to gird up his 
loins, and to address himself to his journey. Then said the 
Interpreter, The Comforter be always with thee, good Chris- 
tian, to guide thee in the way that leads to the city. So Chris- 
tian went on his way. 

Now I saw in my dream, that the highway along which 
Christian was to go was fenced on either side with a wall, and 
that wall was called Salvation. Up this way therefore did bur- 
dened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because 
of the load on his back. 

He ran thus till he came to a place somewhat ascending; 
and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the 



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bottom, a sepulcher. So I saw in my dream, that just as Chris- 
tian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his 
shoulders, and fell from off his back, and began to tumble, and 
so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulcher, 
where it fell in, and I saw it no more. 

Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and he went for- 
ward with a merry heart. Now as he stood looking and weep- 
ing, behold three Shining Ones came to him, and saluted him 
with *' Peace be to thee." So the first said to him, "Thy sins 
be forgiven thee"; the second stripped him of his rags, and 
clothed him with change of raiment; the third also set a mark 
on his forehead, and gave him a roll with a seal upon it, which 
he bid him look on as he ran, and that he should give it in at 
the Celestial gate : so they went their way. Then Christian gave 
three leaps for joy, and went on singing. 

I saw then in my dream, that he went on thus, until he 
saw, a little out of way, three men fast asleep, with fetters upon 




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their heels. The name of the one was Simple, of another Sloth, 
and of the third Presumption. 

Christian then seeing them lie in this case, went to them, 
if peradventure he might awake them, and cried. You are like 
them that sleep on the top of a mast, for the dead sea is under 
you, a gulf that hath no bottom: awake, therefore, and come 
away; be willing also, and I will help you off with your irons. 
With that, they looked upon him, and began to reply in this 
sort : Simple said, I see no danger ; Sloth said. Yet a little more 
sleep ; and Presumption said. Every tub must stand upon its 
own bottom. And so they lay down to sleep again, and Chris- 
tian went on his way. 

Yet was he troubled to think, that men in that danger 
should so little esteem the kindness of him that so freely of- 
fered to help them, both by awakening of them, counseling of 
them, and proffering to help them off with their irons. 

Thus he went on his way, till, lifting up his eyes, he be- 
held a very stately palace before him, the name of which was 
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So I saw in my dream, that he made haste, and went for- 
v^ard, that if possible he might get lodging there. Now before 
le had gone far, he entered into a very narrow passage, which 
^^as about a furlong off the Porter's lodge, and looking very 
larrowly before him as he went, he espied two lions in the way. 
The lions were chained, but he saw not the chains.) Then he 
i^as afraid, and thought also himself to go back after them, for 
LC thought nothing but death was before him. But the Porter 
,t the lodge, whose name was Watchful, perceiving that Chris- 
ian made a halt, as if he would go back, cried unto him, say- 
Qg, Is thy strength so smalU Fear not the lions, for they are 
hained, and are placed there for trial of faith where it is, 
nd for discovery of those that have none: keep in the midst 
f the path, and no hurt shall come unto thee. 

Then I saw that he went on trembling for fear of the lions, 
ut taking good heed to the directions of the Porter; he heard 
hem roar, but they did him no harm. Then he clapped his 




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hands, and went on till he came and stood before the gate 
where the Porter was. Then said Christian to the Porter, Sir, 
what house is this ? and may I lodge here to-night ? The Porter 
answered, This house was built by the Lord of the hill, and he 
built it for the relief and security of pilgrims. The Porter also 
asked whence he was, and whither he was going. 

I am come from the City of Destruction, and am going to 
Mount Zion; but because the sun is now set, I desire, if I 
may to lodge here to-night. 

What is your name? 

My name is now Christian, but my name at the first was 
Graceless. 

Well, said the Porter, I will call out one of the virgins of 
this place, who will, if she likes your talk, bring you in to the 
rest of the family, according to the rules of the house. So 
Watchful the Porter rang a bell, at the sound of which came 



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out of the door of the house a grave and beautiful damsel, 
named Discretion, and asked why she was called. 

The Porter answered, This man is on a journey from the 
City of Destruction to Mount Zion; but being weary and be- 
nighted, he asked me if he might lodge here to-night : so I told 
him I would call for thee, who, after discourse had with him, 
mayest do as seemeth thee good. 

Then she asked him whence he was, and whither he was 
going; and he told her. She asked him also how he got into 
the way; and he told her. 

After a little pause she said, I will call forth two or three 
more of the family. So she ran to the door, and called out 
Prudence, Piety, and Charity, who, after a little more discourse 
with him, had him into the family; and many of them meeting 
him at the threshold of the house, said, Come in, thou blessed 
of the Lord; this house was built by the Lord of the hill, on 




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purpose to entertain such pilgrims in. Then he bowed his head, 
and followed them into the house. 

The next day they had him into the armory, where they 
showed him all manner of things which their Lord had pro- 
vided for pilgrims, as sword, shield, helmet, breastplate, and 
shoes that would not wear out. And there was here enough of 
this to harness out as many men for the service of their Lord 
as there be stars in the heaven for multitude. 

Then I saw in my dream, that on the morrow he got up to 
go forward, but they desired him to stay till the next day also ; 
and then, said they, we will, if the day be clear, show you the 
Delectable Mountains; which, they said, would yet further add 
to his comfort, because they were nearer the desired haven than 
the place where at present he was; so he consented and stayed. 
When the morning was up, they had him to the top of the 
house, and bid him look south. So he did, and behold, at a 



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great distance, he saw a most pleasant, mountainous country, 
beautified with woods, vineyards, fruits of all sorts, flowers, also 
with springs and fountains, very delectable to behold. Then he 
asked the name of the country. They said it was Immanuers 
land ; and it is as common, said they, as this hill is, to and for 
all the pilgrims. 

Now he bethought himself of setting forward, and they 
were willing he should. But first, said they, let us go again 
into the armory. So they did, and when he came there, they 
harnessed him from head to foot with what was of proof, lest 
perhaps he should meet with assaults in the way. He being there- 
fore thus accoutred walked out with his friends to the gate ; and 
there he asked the Porter if he saw any pilgrim pass by. Then 
the Porter answered. Yes. 

Pray, did you know him? said Christian. 

I asked his name, and he told me it was Faithful. 

Oh, said Christian, I know him; he is my townsman, my 




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near neighbor ; he comes from the place where I was born. How 
far do you think he may be before? 

He is got by this time below the hill, said the Porter. 

Well, said Christian, good Porter, the Lord be with thee, 
and add to all thy blessings much increase for the kindness 
thou hast showed to me. 

Then he began to go forward; but Discretion, Piety, Char- 
ity, and Prudence would accompany him down to the foot of 
the hill. So they went on together, reiterating their former 
discourses, till they came to go down the hill. Then said Chris- 
tian, As it was difficult coming up, so, as far as I can see, it is 
dangerous going down. Yes, said Prudence, so it is ; for it is a 
hard matter for a man to go down into the Valley of Humilia- 
tion, as thou art now, and to catch no slip by the way; there- 
fore, said they, are we come out to accompany thee down the 
hill. So he began to go down, but very warily; yet he caught 
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Then I saw in my dream, that these good companions, when 
Christian was gone down to the bottom of the hill, gave him a 
loaf of bread, and a bottle of wine, and a cluster of raisins ; and 
then he went his way. 

But now, in this Valley of Humiliation, poor Christian was 
hard put to it; for he had gone but a little way before he 
espied a foul fiend coming over the field to meet him: whose 
name is Apollyon. Then did Christian begin to be afraid, and 
to cast in his mind whether to go back, or to stand his ground. 
But he considered again that he had no armor for his back, 
and therefore thought that to turn the back to him might give 
him greater advantage with ease to pierce him with his darts; 
therefore he resolved to venture, and stand his ground; for, 
thought he, had I no more in mine eye than the saving of my 
life, it would be the best way to stand. 

So he went on, and Apollyon met him. Now the monster 










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was hideous to behold; he was clothed with scales like a fish, 
and they are his pride; he had wings like a dragon, and feet 
like a bear, and out of his belly came fire and smoke; and his 
mouth was as the mouth of a lion. When he came up to Chris- 
tian, he beheld him with a disdainful countenance, and thus 
began to question with him. 

Whence come you, and whither are you bound? 

I am come from the City of Destruction, which is the place 
of all evil, and I am going to the City of Zion. 

By this I perceive that thou art one of my subjects, said 
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and god of it. How is it, then, that thou hast run away from 
thy king? Were it not that I hope that thou may est do me 
more service, I would strike thee now at one blow to the 
ground. 

Then Apollyon straddled quite over the whole breadth of 
the way, and said, Prepare thyself to die; for I swear by my 
infernal den that thou shalt go no farther. And with that he 
threw a flaming dart at his breast; but Christian had a shield 
in his hand, with which he caught it, and so prevented the 
danger of that. 

Then did Christian draw, for he saw it was time to bestir 
him; and Apollyon fast made at him. throwing darts as thick 
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This sore combat lasted for above half a day, even till 
Christian was almost quite spent. For you must know, that 
Christian, by reason of his wounds, must needs grow weaker 
and weaker. 

Then ApoUyon espying his opportunity, began to gather 
up close to Christian, and wrestling with him, gave him a dread- 
ful fall; and with that Christian's sword flew out of his hand. 
Then said Apollyon, I am sure of thee now. And with that he 
had almost pressed him to death; so that Christian began to 
despair of life. But, as God would have it, while Apollyon was 
fetching of his last blow, thereby to make a full end of this 
good man. Christian nimbly reached out his hand for his sword, 
and with that gave him a deadly thrust, which made him give 



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back, as one that had received his mortal wound. Christian 
perceiving that, made at him again, saying. Nay, in all these 
things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. 
And with that Apollyon spread forth his dragon's wings, and 
sped him away that Christian saw him no more. 

So when the battle was over. Christian said, I will here give 
thanks to Him that hath delivered me out of the mouth of the 
lion ; to Him that did help me against Apollyon. And so he did. 

Then there came to him a hand with some of the leaves of 
the tree of life, which Christian took, and applied to the wounds 
that he had received in the battle, and was healed immediately. 
He also sat down in that place to eat bread, and to drink of the 
bottle that was given to him a little before ; so being refreshed, 
he addressed himself to his journey, with his sword drawn in 
his hand; for, he said, I know not but some other enemy may 
be at hand. 




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But he met with no other affront from Apollyon quite 
through this valley. 

Now at the end of this valley was another, called the Valley 
of the Shadow of Death ; and Christian must needs go through 
it, because the way to the Celestial City lay through the midst 
of it. Now this valley is a very solitary place; the prophet 
Jeremiah thus describes it: *'A wilderness, a land of deserts 
and pits, a land of drought, and of the Shadow of Death. ' ' 

I saw then in my dream, so far as this valley reached, there 
was on my right hand a very deep ditch ; the pathway was here 
also exceedingly narrow; and therefore Christian was the more 
put to it; for when he sought, in the dark, to shun the ditch 
on the one side, he was ready to tip over into the mire on the 
other; also if he sought to escape the mire, without great care- 
fulness he would be ready to fall into the ditch. Thus he went 
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ready mentioned, the pathway was here so dark, that ofttimes 
when he lifted up his foot to go forward, he knew not where or 
upon what he should set it next. 

When Christian had traveled in this disconsolate condi- 
tion some considerable time, he thought he heard the voice of 
a man, as going before him, saying, ''Though I walk through 
the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Thou 
art with me. ' ' Then was he glad ; because he found that some 
one who feared God was in the valley, besides himself; and he 
perceived that God was with them, even in that dark and dismal 
place; and also he hoped to have company by-and-by. Then 
he called to him that was before ; and presently the day broke ; 
and Christian said, ''He hath turned the shadow of death into 
the morning." 

Now as Christian went on his way, he came to a little 
ascent, which was cast up on purpose that pilgrims might see 
before them : up there, therefore, Christian went ; and look- 




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ing forward, he saw Faithful before him upon his journey. 
Then said Christian aloud, Ho, ho, so-ho; stay, and I will be 
your companion. At that Faithful looked behind him; to 
whom Christian cried again, Stay, stay, till I come up to you. 

Then I saw in my dream, they went very lovingly on to- 
gether, and had sweet discourse of all things that had befallen 
them by the way. 

Moreover I saw in my dream, that as they went on, Faithful, 
as he chanced to look on one side, saw a man whose name was 
Talkative, walking at a distance beside them; for in this place 
there was room enough for them all to walk. He was a tall 
man, and something more comely at a distance than at hand. 
To this man Faithful addressed himself in this manner. 

Friend, whither away? Are you going to the heavenly 
country ? 

I am going to that same place. 



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That is well, said Faithful; then I hope we may have 
your good company? 

With a very good will will I be your companion, replied 
Talkative. 

Come on, then, and let us go together, and let us spend 
our time in discoursing of things that are profitable. What is 
that one thing that we shall at this time found our discourse 
upon ? 

What you will, said Talkative. I will talk of things 
heavenly, or of things earthly; things moral, or things evan- 
gelical ; things sacred, or things profane ; things past, or things 
to come ; things foreign, or things at home ; things more essen- 
tial, or things circumstantial; provided that all be done to our 
profit. 

Now did Faithful begin to wonder; and stepping to Chris- 
tian (for he walked all this while by himself), he said to him, 
but softly : What a brave companion have we got ! Surely, this 
man will make a very excellent pilgrim. 

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At this Christian modestly smiled, and said, This man, 
with whom you are so taken, will beguile, with this tongue of 
his, twenty of them that know him not. 

Do you Imow him then? asked Faithful. 

Know himi Yes, better than he knows himself. 

Pray, what is he? 

His name is Talkative, replied Christian; he dwelleth in 
our town. God forbid that I should jest (though I smiled) in 
this matter, or that I should accuse any falsely. This man is 
for any company, and for any talk ; as he talketh now with you, 
so will he talk when he is on the ale bench ; and the more drink 
he hath in his crown, the more of these things he hath in his 
mouth. Religion hath no place in his heart, or house, or con- 
versation ; all he hath lieth in his tongue, and his religion is to 
make a noise therewith. He is the very stain, reproach, and 



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shame of religion to all that know him; it can hardly have a 
good word in all that end of the town where he dwells, through 
him. Thus say the common people that know him, "A saint 
abroad, and a devil at home." His poor family finds it so; he 
is such a churl, such a railer at, and so unreasonable with, his 
servants, that they neither know how to do for nor speak to 
him. Men that have any dealings with him say. It is better to 
deal with a Turk than with him, for fairer dealings they shall 
have at their hands. This Talkative (if it be possible) will go 
beyond them, defraud, beguile, and overreach them. For my 
part, I am of opinion, that he has, by his wicked life, caused 
many to stumble and fall; and will be, if God prevents not, 
the ruin of many more. Talkative thinks that hearing and say- 
ing will make a good Christian, and thus he deceiveth his own 
soul. Hearing is but as the sowing of the seed; talking is not 
sufficient to prove that fruit is indeed in the heart and life. 




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And let us assure ourselves, that men shall be judged accord- 
ing to fruits. It will not be said then, Did you believe? but, 
Were you doers, or talkers only? and accordingly shall they 
be judged. The end of the world is compared to our harvest, 
and you know men at harvest regard nothing but fruit. The 
Soul of Religion is the practical part: ''Pure religion and un- 
defiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the father- 
less and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted 
from the world." 

Well, I was not so fond of his company at first, but I am 
sick of it now, said Faithful. 

You shall find that he will soon be sick of your company, 
too. Shortly afterwards Talkative bade them adieu. 

Then I saw in my dream, that they presently saw a town 
before them, and the name of that town is Vanity; and at the 
town there is a fair kept, called Vanity Fair. It is kept all the 
year long. It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the 



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town where it is kept is lighter than vanity, and also because 
all that is there sold, or that cometh thither, is vanity, as is the 
saying of the wise, ''All that cometh is vanity." 

This fair is no new erected business, but a thing of ancient 
standing. 

Almost five thousand years ago, there were pilgrims walk- 
ing to the Celestial City, as these two honest persons are ; and 
Beelzebub, Apollyon, and Legion, with their companions, per- 
ceiving by the path that the pilgrims made, that their way to 
the city lay through this town of Vanity, they contrived here 
to set up a fair; a fair wherein should be sold all sorts of 
vanity, and that it should last all the year long. Therefore at 
this fair are all such merchandise sold as houses, lands, trades, 
places, honors, preferments, titles, countries, kingdoms, lusts, 
pleasures, and delights of all sorts, as silver, gold, pearls, pre- 
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And, moreover, at this fair there is at all times to be seen 
jugglings, cheats, games, plays, fools, apes, knaves, and rogues, 
and that of every kind. 

Now these pilgrims, as I said, must needs go through this 
fair. Well, so they did; but, behold, even as they entered into 
the fair, all the people in the fair were moved, and the town 
itself, as it were, in a hubbub about them, and that for several 
reasons: For, 

First, The pilgrims were clothed with such kind of raiment 
as was diverse from the raiment of any that traded in that fair. 
The people, therefore, of the fair made a great gazing upon 
them; some said they were fools, some they were bedlams, and 
some they were outlandish men. 

Secondly, And as they wondered at their apparel, so they 
did likewise at their speech; for few could understand what 
they said. They naturally spoke the language of Canaan; but 



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they that kept the fair were the men of this world. So that 
from one end of the fair to the other, they seemed barbarians 
each to the other. 

Thirdly, But that which did not a little amuse the mer- 
chandisers was, that these pilgrims set very light by all their 
wares. They cared not so much as to look upon them; and if 
they called upon them to buy, they would put their fingers in 
their ears, and cry, "Turn away mine eyes from beholding 
vanity," and look upwards, signifying that their trade and 
traffic was in heaven. 

One chanced mockingly, beholding the carriage of the men, 
to say unto them, "What will ye buy?" But they, looking 
gravely upon him, said, "We buy the truth." At that, there 
was an occasion taken to despise the men the more ; some mock- 
ing, some taunting, some speaking reproachfully, and some 
calling upon others to smite them. Therefore they took them 




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and beat them, and besmeared them with dirt, and then put 
them into the cage, that they might be made a spectacle to all 
the men of the fair. There, therefore, they lay for some time, 
and were made the objects of any man's sport, or malice, or 
revenge ; the great ones of the fair laughing still at all that befell 
them. But Christian and Faithful behaved themselves wisely, 
and received the ignominy and shame that was cast upon them 
with so much meekness and patience, that it won to their side 
(though but few in comparison of the rest) several of the men 
in the fair. This put the other party yet into a greater rage, 
insomuch that they wished for the death of these two men. 

Faithful was, therefore, brought out, to do with him ac- 
cording to their law; and first they scourged him, then they 
buffeted him, then they lanced his flesh with knives ; after that 
they stoned him with stones; then pricked him with their 
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Thus came Faithful to his end. But as for Christian, he had 
some respite, and was ordered to be sent to prison; so he there 
remained for a space. But He who overrules all things, having 
the power of their rage in His own hand, so wrought it about, 
that Christian for that time escaped them, and went his way. 

I saw in my dream, that Christian w^ent not forth alone; 
for there was one whose name was Hopeful (being so made by 
the beholding of Christian and Faithful in their words and 
behavior, in their sufferings at the fair), who joined himself 
unto him, and entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that 
he would be his companion. Thus one died to bear testimony to 
the truth, and another rises out of his ashes to be a companion 
with Christian in his pilgrimage. 

Then Christian and Hopeful journeyed onward till they 
came at a delicate plain, called Ease, where they went with 
much content- but that plain was but narrow, so they were 




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quickly got over it. Now at the farther side of that plain was a 
little hill, called Lucre, and in that hill a silver mine, which some 
of them that had formerly gone that way, because of the rarity 
of it, had turned aside to see; but going too near the brim of 
the pit, the ground being deceitful under them, broke, and they 
were slain : some also had been maimed there, and could not, 
to their dying day, be their own men again. 

Then I saw in my dream, that a little off the road, over 
against the silver mine, stood Demas (gentleman-like) to call 
to passengers to come and see; who said to Christian and his 
fellow, Ho! turn aside hither, and I will show you a thing. 

What thing so deserving as to turn us out of the way ? asked 
Christian. 

Here is a silver mine, and some digging in it for treasure, 
replied Demas. If you Avill come, with a little pains you may 
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Then, said Hopeful, let us go see. 

Not I, said Christian; I have heard of this place before 
now, and how many have there been slain; and, besides, that 
treasure is a snare to those that seek it, for it hindereth them 
in their pilgrimage. 

Then Christian called to Demas, saying, Is not the place 
dangerous? Hath it not hindered many in their pilgrimage? 

Not very dangerous, except to those that are careless, said 
Demas; but withal, he blushed as he spake. 

Then said Christian to Hopeful, Let us not stir a step, but 
keep on our way. 

Still as they went on, they wished for a better way. Now 
a little before them, there was on the left hand of the road a 
meadow, and a stile to go over into it, and that meadow is called 
Bypath Meadow. Then said Christian to his fellow. If this 
meadow lieth along by our way-side, let's go over into it. Then 




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he went to the stile to see, and behold a path lay along by the 
way on the other side of the fence. It is according to my wish, 
said Christian; here is the easiest going; come, good Hopeful, 
and let us go over. 

But how if this path should lead us out of the way? asked 
Hopeful. 

That is not likely, said the other. Look, doth it not go 
along by the way-side? So Hopeful, being persuaded by his 
fellow, went after him over the stile. When they were gone 
over, and were got into the path, they found it very easy for 
their feet ; and, withal, they, looking before them, espied a man 
walking as they did, and his name was Vain-Confidence: so 
they called after him, and asked him whither that way led. He 
said to the Celestial gate. Look, said Christian, did not I tell 
you so? By this you may see we are right. So they followed, 
and he went before them. But behold the night came on, and 



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it grew very dark; so that they that were behind lost the sight 
of him that went before. 

He therefore that went before (Vain-Confidence by name), 
not seeing the way before him, fell into a deep pit, which was 
on purpose there made by the prince of those grounds to catch 
vainglorious fools withal, and was dashed in pieces with his fall. 

Now Christian and his fellow heard him fall. So they called 
to know the matter, but there was none to answer, only they 
heard a groaning. Then said Hopeful, Where are we now? 
Then was his fellow silent, as mistrusting that he had led him 
out of the way; and now it began to rain, and thunder and 
lighten in a most dreadful manner, and the water rose amain. 

Then Hopeful groaned in himself, saying, Oh that I had 
kept on my way! 

Who could have thought that this path should have led us 
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I was afraid on't at the very first, replied Hopeful; and 
therefore gave you that gentle caution. I would have spoke 
plainer, but that you are older than I. 

Then they adventured to go back; but it was so dark, and 
the flood was so high, that in their going back they had like 
to have been drowned nine or ten times. 

Neither could they, with all the skill they had, get again to 
the stile that night. Wherefore at last, lighting under a little 
shelter, they sat down there until the day brake; but, being 
weary, they fell asleep. Now there was, not far from the 
place where they lay, a castle, called Doubting Castle, the owner 
whereof was Giant Despair, and it was in his grounds they now 
were sleeping: wherefore he, getting up in the morning early, 
and walking up and down in his fields, caught Christian and 
Hopeful asleep in his grounds. Then with a grim and surly 
voice he bid them awake, and asked them whence they were, and 



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what they did in his grounds. They told him they were pil- 
grims, and that they had lost their way. Then said the giant, 
You have this night trespassed on me by trampling in and lying 
on my grounds, and therefore you must go along with me. So 
they were forced to go, because he was stronger than they. They 
also had but little to say, for they knew themselves in a fault. 
The giant, therefore, drove them before him, and put them 
into his castle, into a very dark dungeon, nasty, and stinking to 
the spirits of these two men. Here, then, they lay from Wednes- 
day moruL^ig till Saturday night, without one bit of bread or 
drop of drink, or light, or any to ask how they did. 

Now Giant Despair had a wife, and her name was Diffidence : 
so when he was gone to bed, he told his wife what he had done, 
to wit, that he had taken a couple of prisoners, and cast them 
into his dungeon for trespassing on his grounds. Then he asked 
her also what he had best to do further to them. So she asked 




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him what they were, whence they came, and whither they were 
bound, and he told her. Then she counseled him, that when he 
arose in the morning he should beat them without mercy. So 
when he arose, he getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel, and 
goes down into the dungeon to them, and there first falls to 
rating them as if they were dogs, although they never gave him 
a word of distaste. Then he falls upon them and beats them 
fearfully, in such sort that they were not able to help them- 
selves, or to turn them upon the floor. This done, he withdraws 
and leaves them there to condole their misery, and to mourn 
under their distress: so all that day they spent their time in 
nothing but sighs and bitter lamentations. The next night 
Diffidence, talking with her husband further about them, and 
understanding that they were yet alive, did advise him to 
counsel them to make away with themselves. When morning 
was come, he goes to them in a surly manner, as before, and 
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given them the day before, he told them, that since they were 
never like to come out of that place, their only way would be 
forthwith to make an end of themselves, either with knife, halter, 
or poison : for why, said he, should you choose to live, seeing life 
is attended with so much bitterness? After this he withdrew, 
and left them as before to consider what to do. Then did the 
prisoners consult between themselves, whether it was best to 
take his counsel or no ; and thus they began to discourse : 

Brother, said Christian, what shall we do? The life that 
we now live is miserable. For my part, I know not whether it 
is best to live thus, or to die out of hand. My soul chooseth 
strangling rather than life, and the grave is more easy for me 
than this dungeon. Shall we be ruled by the giant? 

Indeed our present condition is dreadful, said Hopeful; 
and death would be far more welcome to me than thus for 
ever to abide ; but yet let us consider, the Lord of the country. 




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to which we are going hath said, ''Thou shalt do no murder/' 
thus we are forbidden to take his counsel to kill ourselves. And 
let us consider again, that all the law is not in the hand of 
Giant Despair; others, so far as I can understand, have been 
taken by him as well as we, and yet have escaped out of his 
hands. 

On Saturday, about midnight, they began to pray, and con- 
tinued in prayer till almost break of day. Then Christian, as 
one half amazed, brake out into passionate speech : What a fool, 
quoth he, am I to lie in this dungeon, when I may as well walk 
at liberty ! I have a key in my bosom called Promise, that will, 
I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle. Then said 
Hopeful, That's good news, good brother, pluck it out of thy 
bosom, and try. Then Christian pulled it out of his bosom, and 
began to try at the dungeon door, whose bolt, as he turned the 
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and Hopeful both came out. Then they went on, and came to 
the King's highway again, and so were safe, because they were 
out of the Giant's jurisdiction. 

Now when they were gone over the stile, they began to 
contrive what they should do at that place to prevent other pil- 
grims from falling into the hands of Giant Despair. So they 
erected there a pillar, and upon the side of it engraved this 
sentence: ''Over this stile lies Doubting Castle, kept by Giant 
Despair, who despiseth the King of the Celestial Country, and 
seeks to destroy His holy pilgrims. ' ' Many therefore read what 
was here written, and escaped the danger. 

They then went forward till they came to the Delectable 
Mountains, up which they climbed that they might behold the 
gardens and orchards, the vineyards and fountains of water; 
where also they drank and washed themselves, and did freely 
eat of the vineyards. Now there were, on the tops of these 




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mountains, Shepherds feeding their flocks, and they stood by 
the highway-side. The pilgrims, therefore, went to them, and 
leaning upon their staffs (as is common with weary pilgrims 
when they stand to talk with any by the way), they asked. Whose 
Delectable Mountains are these, and whose be the sheep that 
feed upon them? 

These mountains are Immanuel's land, and they are within 
sight of His city; and the sheep also are His, said a Shepherd. 

Is there in this place any relief for pilgrims that are weary, 
and faint in the way? asked Christian. 

The Lord of these mountains hath given us a charge not 
to be forgetful to entertain strangers, therefore the good of 
this place is before you, replied the Shepherd. 

The Shepherds, I say, whose names were Knowledge, Ex- 
perience, Watchful, and Sincere, took them by the hand, and 
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ready. They said moreover, We would that you should stay 
here awhile, to be acquainted with us, and to solace yourselves 
with the good of these Delectable Mountains. They then told 
them that they were content to stay. So they went to bed, for 
it was very late. 

Then I saw in my dream, that in the morning the Shep- 
herds called up Christian and Hopeful to walk with them upon 
the mountains. So they went forth with them, and walked a 
while, having a pleasant prospect on every side. 

When they were about to depart, one of the Shepherds 
gave them a note of the way. Another of them bid them be- 
ware of the Flatterer. The third bid them take heed that they 
sleep not upon the Enchanted Ground. And the fourth bid 
them God-speed. 

They then went on till they came at a place where they 
saw a way put itself into their way, and seemed withal to lie 




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as straight as the way which they should go; and here they 
knew not which of the two to take, for both seemed straight be- 
fore them; therefore here they stood still to consider. And as 
they were thinking about the way, behold a man black of flesh 
but covered with a very light robe, came to them, and asked 
them why they stood there. They answered, they were going to 
the Celestial City, but knew not which of these ways to take. 
Follow me, said the man; it is thither that I am going. So 
they followed him in the way that but now came into the road, 
which by degrees turned, and turned them so from the city 
that they desired to go to, that in a little time their faces were 
turned away from it, yet they followed him. But by-and-by, 
before they were aware, he led them both within the compass of 
a net, m which they were both so entangled that they knew not 
what to do; and with that the white robe fell off the black 
man's back. Then they saw where they were. Wherefore there 



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they lay crymg some time, for they could not get themselves 
out. 

Then said Christian to his fellow, Now do I see myself in 
an error. Did not the Shepherds bid us beware of the Flat- 
terer? As is the saying of the wise man, so we have found it 
this day: ^'A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net 
for his feet. ' ' 

Thus they lay bewailing themselves in the net. At last 
they espied a Shining One coming toward them with a whip 
of small cords in his hand. When he was come to the place 
where they were, he asked them whence they came, and what 
they did there. They told him that they were poor pilgrims 
gomg to Zion, but were led out of their way by a black man 
clothed in white, who bid us, said they, follow him, for he was 
going thither too. Then said he with the whip. It is Flatterer, 
a false apostle, that hath transformed himself into an angel of 
light. So he rent the net and let the men out. Then said\e to 







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them, Follow me, that I may set you in your way again. So 
he led them back to the way which they had left to follow the 
Flatterer. He asked, moreover, if the Shepherds did not bid 
them beware of the Flatterer? They answered. Yes; but we 
did not imagine, said they, that this fine-spoken man had been he. 

Then I saw in my dream, that he commanded them to lie 
down; which, when they did, he chastised them sore, to teach 
them the good way wherein they should w^alk; and as he 
chastised them, he said, "As many as I love I rebuke and 
chasten; be zealous therefore, and repent." This done, he bid 
them go on their way, and take good heed to the other direc- 
tions of the Shepherds. So they thanked him for all his kind- 
ness, and went softly along the right way singing. 

Now I saw in my dream, that by this time the pilgrims 
were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering into the 
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way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for 
a season. Yea, here they heard continually the singing of birds, 
and saw every day the flowers appear on the earth, and heard 
the voice of the turtle in the land. In this country the sun 
shineth night and day: wherefore this was beyond the Valley 
of the Shadow of Death, and also out of the reach of the Giant 
Despair; neither could they from this place so much as see 
Doubting Castle. Here they were within sight of the City they 
were going to : also here met them some of the inhabitants 
thereof; for in this land the Shining Ones commonly walked, 
because it was upon the borders of Heaven. 

Now, as they walked in this land, they had more rejoicing 
than in parts more remote from the kingdom to which they were 
bound; and drawing near to the City, they had yet a more 
perfect view thereof. It was builded of pearls and precious 
stones, also the streets thereof were paved with gold. 



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But, as I said, the reflection of the sun upon the City (for 
the City was pure gold) was so extremely glorious, that they 
could not as yet with open face behold it, but through an in- 
strument made for that purpose. So I saw, that as they went 
on, there met them two men, in raiment that shone like gold, 
also their faces shone as the light. 

These men asked the pilgrims whence they came ; and they 
told them. 

Now I further saw, that betwixt them and the gate was a 
river; but there was no bridge to go over; and the river was 
very deep. At the sight, therefore, of this river the pilgrims 
were much stunned; but the men that went with them said, 
You must go through, or you cannot come at the gate. 

They then addressed themselves to the water, and, enter- 
ing, Christian began to sink, and, crying out to his good friend 
Hopeful, he said, *'I sink in the deep waters; the billows go 
over my head; all his waves go over me." 

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the bottom, and it is good. Then said Christian, Ah ! my friend, 
the sorrows of death have compassed me about; I shall not see 
the land that flows with milk and honey. But presently they 
both took courage, and began to find ground to stand upon, and 
so it followed that the rest of the river was but shallow. Thus 
they got over. 

Now upon the bank of the river, on the other side, they 
saw the two shining men again, who there waited for them. 
Wherefore being come out of the river, they saluted them, say- 
ing, We are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those 
that shall be heirs of salvation. Thus they went along toward 
the gate. 

Now you must note, that the City stood upon a mighty hill ; 
but the pilgrims went up that hill with ease, because they had 
these two men to lead them up by the arms : they had likewise 
left their mortal garments behind them in the river ; for though 



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they went in with them, they came out without them. They 
therefore went up here with much agility and speed. 

They were now on their way to the Paradise of God, 
wherein is the tree of life. There, said the men, you shall meet 
again the friends that are gone thither before you, and shall 
with joy receive every one that shall follow after you. 

Now while they were thus drawing toward the gate, be- 
hold, a company of the heavenly host came out to meet them, 
to whom it was said by the other two Shining Ones, These are 
the men that have loved our Lord, when they w^ere in the world, 
and that have left all for His holy name; and He hath sent us 
to fetch them, and we have brought them thus far on their de- 
sired journey. 

Now when they were come up to the gate, there was written 
over it in letters of gold, *' Blessed are they that do His com- 
mandments, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, 
AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY.'' 



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The King then commanded to open the gate, **That the 
righteous nation (said He) that keepeth truth may enter in." 

I heard in my dream, that all the bells in the City rang 
again for joy, and that it was said unto them, "Enter ye into 
the joy of our Lord. ' ' 

Then I awoke, and behold it was a dream. 



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